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11.11.07

China Confirms Poison Was on Toy Beads
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By KEITH BRADSHER Published: November 11, 2007 HONG KONG, Sunday, Nov. 11 — The Chinese government announced late Saturday that it had confirmed the presence of poison on toy beads exported around the world, while in the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said that seven more children had been sickened. The Chinese government’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine also identified the factory that manufactured the beads, the Wangqi Product Factory in the southeastern Chinese city of Shenzhen, and said the factory’s export license had been suspended. The Chinese response to the poisonous toy beads represents an unusually swift reaction, ...
11.11.07

World should ban human cloning, except medical: U.N.
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Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:46pm EST var storyKeywords = "US CLONES"; var RTR_ArticleTitle = "World should ban human cloning, except medical: U.N."; var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "OSLO (Reuters) - The world should quickly ban cloning of humans and only allow exceptions for strictly controlled research to help treat diseases such as diabetes or Alzheimer's, a U.N. study said on Sunday. Without a ban, experts at the U.N...."; addImpression("460314_Article Tools"); var showComments = false; /** START SITELIFE INTEGRATION **/ var uniqueArtKey = "USL1127243320071111"; ...
11.11.07

Video: Clinton tells audience to ‘Shut Up’
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http://www.townhall.com/video/FoxNews/2176_071026-103615_102607_an_clinton_F1200 -jot from from townhall.com
11.11.07

Spanish King Tells Chavez to “Shut Up”
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up" Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.Chavez, who called President Bush the "devil" on the floor of the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange by repeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a "fascist." Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime minister, "is a fascist," Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. "Fascists are not human. A snake is more human." Spain's current ...
11.11.07

Intel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy
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Nov 11, 11:39 AM (ET) By PAMELA HESS (AP) Donald Kerr testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington... if (NAV_NS&&NAV_VER
11.11.07

Indonesian Volcano Blasts Back to Life
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Reuters Posted: 2007-11-11 10:10:40 ANAK KRAKATAU, Indonesia (Nov. 11) - Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano lets out a massive roar as it blasts a gigantic cloud of smoke and flaming red rocks hundreds of meters into the night sky. var mod_288362 = new pgGlbObject(); mod_288362.pgTotalImages = "11"; mod_288362.pgGalleryId = "17744"; mod_288362.omnitureURL=encodeURI('http://news.aol.com/common/photogallery/omniture.adp'); mod_288362.xmlUrl=encodeURI('http://news.aol.com/common/photogallery/response.xml'); mod_288362.magicNumber= "93226160"; mod_288362.feedType = 'news'; mod_288362.gallerySize = 'medium'; mod_288362.adContinue = 'Continue'; ...
11.10.07

Swimming Coach/Father Attacks Daughter after a bad swim
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http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/1192 -jot from drudge
11.10.07

Oil Spill Spreads in San Francisco Bay
California (0)
Oil Spill Spreads in San Francisco Bay Eric Risberg/Associated Press Cleanup crews bagged oil-soaked soil near Muir Beach after a South Korean-operated container ship rammed a tower of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, spilling about 58,000 gallons of fuel. function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1352437200&en=c01206fb73495a9c&ei=5124';} function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/us/10spill.html'); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent('Oil Spill Spreads in San Francisco Bay'); } function getShareDescription() { return encodeURIComponent('Challenged by strong winds and tides, cleanup crews struggled Friday to contain the spill as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for the area.'); } function getShareKeywords() { return ...
11.10.07

MySpace Overcome By Severe Phishing ‘Epidemic’
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By STEVE FINK, WCBSTV.COM NEW YORK (CBS) ― Social networking giant MySpace stumbled to its knees at the hands of a cyber superbug recently, falling ill to a severe phishing epidemic that is plaguing a vast and vulnerable segment of its membership. The viral scam, which targets the site's younger users, promises victims a free $500 Macy's gift card. It sounds like a steal. And actually, it is. It's the stealing of a member's identity. The spam scam involves users unknowingly sending their MySpace friends e-mails and posting comments on their profiles that plug a ploy for the supposedly free gift card that they'll ...
11.10.07

A Whites-Only Bathroom on the First Coast?
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By Jeannie Blaylock First Coast News BRUNSWICK, GA -- First Coast News has been investigating allegations that a major local company is guilty of racial discrimination. Lisa Woods contacted us almost a year ago. She worked at Georgia-Pacific near Brunswick at the scaling house where truckers come to weigh their logs. She says for months the restroom had a sign saying, "OUT OF ORDER." She alleges her co-worker, Anthony Lee, believed the races shouldn't mix. Lee had no comment. An independent trucker, Donald Jones, says when he went to the scaling house he saw the same "OUT OF ORDER" sign. Jones says, "I had to go ...

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